Machine Translation and Post-editing in AVT: A Pilot Study on a Rising Practice

Abstract

Machine translation (MT) and post-editing (PE) are still considered, in many sectors, enemies of the creative freedom traditionally associated with the audiovisual genre and its translation. Its growing presence in the market is unheralded due to the widespread rejection by a large part of the professional community. However, it is necessary to study the benefits of their implementation in all areas, from quality to productivity, considering all the parties involved in the process. In order to study the differences between the traditional Audiovisual Translation (AVT) process without tools and the process implemented with MTPE, a pilot study was carried out aimed at comparing the results in the English-Spanish translation of a series of 3-minute news and sports clips with different technical characteristics. The results will allow us to obtain an objective comparative description of both processes in order to better know the strengths and weaknesses of each one.